Protective container for mantles.



la MW Patented July 2, 1912;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MILTON C. WHITAKERQOF GLOUCESTER CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WELSBACH LIGHT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

PROTECTIVE CONTAINER FOR MANTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1912.

Original application filed December 1, 1909, Serial No. 530,730. Divided and this application filed December 4, 1909. Serial No. 531,315.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON C. WHIT- AKER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Gloucester City, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protective Containers for Mantles, ofwhich the following is a description.

As is well known, Welsbach and other incandescent mantles as ordinarily manufactured are extremely fragile and must be very carefully protected against breakage during the handling which necessarily occurs from factory to consumer. Various containers for protecting these mantles have been devised from time to time, but many of them cannot be manufactured with sufficient cheapness to enable them to be used for ordinary purposes; others are open to the objection that the mantle is readily and therefore frequently injured while be ing removed therefrom, and others again require the use of both hands and considerable manipulation in order to free the mantle.

My invention has for its object the provision of an improved container free from i the objections noted, which will be cheap to manufacture and simple and easy to use, which will faciliate the packing and handling of the mantles, and which will reduce breakage to a minimum.

My invention is disclosed and broadly claimed in an application filed December 1, 1909, Serial No. 530,730 of which the present application is a division.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a mantle and container embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the holding means for the mantle carrier.

Referring to the drawing, the mantle 20 of the inverted type is carried by the usual ring mantle carrier 21 of clay or other suitable material and having the usual radial supporting lugs 22 earned by arms 30,

all of Well known or standard form. The container comprises the rectangular carton 11 of pasteboard, and a holder formed of a single piece of sheet metal bent to form a body 23 having securing teeth or tangs 24 and a finger 25, and an overhanging plate or strip 26 having a recess 27, said plate bemg connected at its rear with said body by a vertical web 28. 'Notches 29are formed in the finger 25 to facilitate bending. The holder formed as shown in Fig. 3 is secured to the lower end of the carton 11 by the teeth 24; which are passed through the same and then bent down. The container is then ready to receive the mantle carrier 21. This member is grasped by one of the lugs 22 and moved into the carton in a direction transverse to the axis of the mantle in such a way as to cause the two forward lugs 22 to pass between the overhanging plate 26 and body 23 until their inner ends abut against the web 28 as shown in Fig. 2, the third lug 22 extending beneath the plate 26 with its supporting arm 30 within the notch 27 the other arms 30 being in close proximity to the lateral edges of the plate 26, whereby the base is held against lateral displacement. The end of-finger 25 is then bent into a vertical position immediately adjacent the end of the lug 22 as shown, whereby the mantle carrier is lockedinto the holder. It may be readily withdrawn therefrom by bending the finger 25 into its original position.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is.

1. A protective container for mantles consisting of a carton open at one side and a metallic plate comprising a body attached to one end of the carton and an overhanging portion extending forwardly therefrom and separated therefrom by a space suilicient to receive the lugs of the mantle carrier.

2. A protective container for mantles consisting of a carton open at one side, and a metallic plate comprising a body, an overhanging portion parallel thereto and separated therefrom by a space sufficient to receive the lugs of the mantle carrier, and a web connecting said body with the overhanging portion at the rear and forming a stop for the mantle carrier.

3. A protective container for mantles consisting of a carton open at one side, and a metallic plate having integral teeth for se ouringit to said carton, and an overhanging portion extending forward in parallelism to said plate.

4. A protective container for mantles consisting of a carton open at one side, and

holding means adapted to be en aged With the inwardly extending lugs o a mantle carrier by movement in a direction transverse to the axis of the mantle and comprising a body, an overhanging portion sepa rated therefrom by a space sufficient to receive the lugs of the mantle carrier, and means for supporting the overhanging portion so situated as to prevent rearward displacement of the mantle carrier.

5. A protective container for mantles con sisting of a carton open at one side, and holding means adapted to be engaged with a mantle carrier by a movement in a direction transverse tothe axis of the mantle and comprising a forwardly extending strip the width of which is substantially the same as the distance between the vertical arms of the mantle carrier which is to be held there by, and a notch formed'in the forward edge of said strip. v i

A protective container for mantles consisting of a carton open at one side, and holding means comprising a body and an overhanging portion extending forwardly in parallelism thereto and separated therefrom by a space sufficient to receive the lugs of the mantle carrier, the forward edge of said overhanging portion being formed with a notch.

7. The combination of a carton open at one side, and holding means secured thereto and comprising a plate having an overhanging portion and a tongue so situated that it may be bent and thereby prevent withdrawal of the mantl ea n r. fr m the h ld ng means. 8i The combination of a carton open at one side, and holding means secured thereto and consisting of a plate having an overhanging pprtion formed with a notch at its forward end, and a tongue integral'with the plate are point adja'ce'ntsaidndtch.

"9. A protective container for mantles c011- sisting of a carton open at one side, holding means adapted to be engaged with the in"- wardly extending lugs'of a mantle carrier by movement in" adilteotion transverse to the axis of the mantle, and means pern1a nently united to said holding means for preventing withdrawal of the mantle carrier from said holding means.

10. In a protective conta ne 9 mantles, hol ing means compr s g a p i of me be s aced. ap rt a di ce substan ially equal to h he ht f the m ntle ca ri u and s0 placed as to rQQ lYQ the sa d lugs when he mantle car ier is moved a estlen transverse to the axis'bt the mantle, means p man tly united. to e d 1291. 1 ns f r P even in d spla em nt of t}? ma le in n utw rd dir QtiQpi spec fi at on signal and Witnesses this 2d day of December, 1 909.

MILTO G- WH TAKER- itnesses:

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